#FAE679#FAE679

#FAE679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE679
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -6.80, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 55.42, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0208 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.1747, 78.3008, 29.4499)
Luminance	0.7830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE679 #798DFA

analogous

#FAA679 #FAE679 #CDFA79

triadic

#FAE679 #79FAE6 #E679FA

tetradic

#FAE679 #79FAA6 #798DFA #FA79CD

square

#FAE679 #79FAA6 #798DFA #FA79CD

split-complementary

#FAE679 #79CDFA #A679FA

monochromatic

#F0CC09 #F8DB3E #FAE679 #FCF1B4 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#FAE679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE679

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE679	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda2',
    500: '#fae679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae679;
$custom-light: #feeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91937,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE679

secondary

#4158D7

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE679

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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